Example sentences of "[modal v] have [be] [adj] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt she should have been alarmed at this thought but she remained excited by it . |
| 2 | Now , I 'm , I might have been remiss on this , but we had to do this in a hurry , erm , to get names in , and , but it 's been suggested by erm , the leader of the er , Conservative group on , on this Committee , that erm , a , a , member from each should , major group should go , and er , I 'm quite , I 'm quite inordinate , in favour of this , if we can get erm , bookings there now . |
| 3 | Perhaps destitution might have been preferable to this . |
| 4 | ‘ True , ’ said Isambard , grinning at him , ‘ it 's a pity to think I might have been dead by this , and you ten miles away on your road home . |
| 5 | Ravel 's La Valse could have been anti-climactic after this , but it was never allowed to be remotely so . |
| 6 | The significant results achieved using this text may have been specific to this domain and hence not necessarily repeatable in other domains ( i.e. the OALD may provide unusually good coverage of commercial or financial terminology ) . |
| 7 | Another factor which may have been important in this first year of the reforms was the determination of these pioneering fundholders to ensure the success of the scheme . |
| 8 | It appears that the scent of these oils can affect the etheric body , perhaps creating the right atmosphere for particular states of consciousness , and ancient peoples may have been aware of this . |
| 9 | The Golf tickets are of particular interest , the B.C.Rly may have been unique in this respect . |
| 10 | Whether it would have been possible against this background of practically continuous fighting in the south , more than a year before the first Vietnam war between France and the Vietminh is usually reckoned to have begun , for either side to have modified its objectives to the point where compromise could have been reached is obviously a question which is relevant to the origins of the Vietnam war and one must therefore look for the characteristics which , at least after the event , suggest a remarkably high risk of collision . |
| 11 | Batty would have been useful in this match … not only in the playing sense , but we had lots of throw ins level with their box , Batty would have got these into a danger area … |
| 12 | And so , Nicodemus would have been familiar with this story , and Jesus says as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , even so , must the son of man be lifted up , but whoever believes in him may have eternal life . |
| 13 | The late Ray Petri would have been proud of this issue . |
| 14 | Big Daddy would have been proud of this tackle on Dave Mitchell , but the ref waved play on . |
| 15 | If the freefall had gone better on Sunday then we would have been untouchable by this stage , but as it is the French are still ver close and their shooting will be very good . |
| 16 | RECONNAISSANCE was of paramount importance in the Pacific War and the Yokosuka R2Y1 Keiun ( Beautiful Cloud ) would have been superb in this role had it entered service . |
| 17 | A few years ago any self respecting farmer would have been ashamed of this field , with its bumper crop of nettles and thistles … |
| 18 | All coroners hold inquests on people who died aboard , if their deaths would have been inquestable in this country . |
| 19 | The situation would have been analogous in this respect to Halsey v. Esso Petroleum Co . |
| 20 | Much of Hollywood 's mass audience would have been oblivious to this but intelligent and respectable film-goers must have been very aware that society was shaping their film-going . |